Evelyn Hedrick Oates

Sunday

Dec 30, 2012 at 6:01 PM

Evelyn Lorene Hedrick Oates, 78, of Lantern Lane, died Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro. A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Dr. Lee Zehmer. Inurnment will be in the church columbarium. The family will receive friends after the service in the church fellowship hall. Mrs. Oates was born Sept. 17, 1934, in Davidson County to David Ottis Hedrick and Esther Hedrick Hedrick. She was a graduate of Davis-Townsend High School and attended Lenoir-Rhyne College. She was a faithful member of First Presbyterian Church, where she was a member of the Presbyterian Women. Mrs. Oates was also a member of the Lexington Garden Club and the Charity League of Lexington and volunteered at Wake Forest Baptist Health — Lexington Medical Center. Her parents and a brother, Olin David Hedrick, preceded her in death. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Robert T. Oates Jr. of the home; son Christopher S. Oates and wife Elizabeth of Greensboro; daughter Laura Oates Hubbard and husband Jeffrey of Forest, Va.; brother Leon Hedrick and wife Ruth of Lexington; and grandchildren Mary Oates, Anna Oates, Sarah Hubbard and Josh Hubbard. In lieu of flowers, memorials should be made to First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 586, Lexington, NC 27293.Online condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net.